We wish to thank Dominique Foray, Frieder Meyer-Krahmer and participants in the ‘Investment decisions in technological breakthough projects’ seminar (IMRI, Université Paris Dauphine) for their helpful comments, and Stéphanie Danner-Petey and Arman Avadikyan for their research assistance. This research was supported by a grant from the Ministère de l’Equipement et des Transports (PREDIT 1996–2000 no98 MT 07). Part of this research was carried out while Eric Schenk was visiting the Ecole Nationale Supérieure des Télécommunications de Bretagne, Brest (France).
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Llerena, P., Schenk, E. (2005). Technology Policy and A-Synchronic Technologies: The Case of German High-Speed Trains. In: Llerena, P., Matt, M. (eds) Innovation Policy in a Knowledge-Based Economy. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/3-540-26452-3_5
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